Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-12-07

Ihe nOtaClOn OF Gne nine ngureS, repre-
senting the nine pips in the playing card,
in Eustace's first communication, was 6,
2, z, 8, 8, 1, 4, 5, g. Taking as my guide
the alphabetical letter A, found that the
notation in Eustace' 'Rutland's second COM
munication was 3, 6, l, 5, 2, 8, 4, 81 I
placed the playing card, with its pips cut
out, over the paper, and the following was
revealed:
"Of-street-at t-night-chester- - cor
ner-o'clock-nine-
Arranging these words according to the
new notation of figures, they formed this
sentence:
cat corner of Chester street Tuesday
night nine o'clock"
':.Now," thought !, "this may have been
an appointment"
If so-and nothing was more ikely-l
could derive no assistance from it. 1t
conveyed no information, and contained
nothing which would assist me in my in
quiries. 1t was very likely that should
light upon something further, and pro-
ceeded with my task. The figure I'M
mediately following the alphabetic letter
A was II, which meant, if I were on the
right track, that the second sentence in
this communication was composed OF
twelve words. followed the same pro-
cess I had previously employed, and the
twelve words formed themselves thus:
lawfully hard up ida is an angel I love
her to distraction"
So as to finish this communication, l
unravelled the last ten words and found
them to be:
II will do all in my power yours till
death.'
This I set aside as being intended to
convey no meaning. The first sentence,
making an appointment at the corner of
Chester street, was, whether correct or
not, CT little Importance. concentrated
my attention upon the second sentence OF
twelve words: lawfully hard up ida is
an angel I love her to distraction"
So the young scamp was hard up again
and knew that his sister would respond
to his appeal. And he was in love, too,
and ida was an angel. Ida, of course.
was capital /.
I jumped to my feet as if had been
shot. Ida! What was the name of Mrs.
Layton's maid, who had given such damn
ing evidence against the man meant to
set free? Ida White!
Not common name An unusual one.
I walked about the room in q state OF
great excitement. Ida White, the angel,
and Eustace Rutland, the scamp. But
the woman must be at least eight or ten
years older than Eustace. What mat
tered that? All the more likely her hold
upon him. Young fools frequently fall in
love with women much older than them
selves, and when the women get the
chance they don't let the youngsters es-
cape easily. Yes, opposite to each other
stood two men-one worthless ne'er do
well, the other martyr Opposite to
each other stood two women-one q
scheming woman of the world, the other
q suffering, heart broken girl! I would
save the noble ones. Yes, would save
them! The chain was forming link by
link.
Ibroke off here to dispatch kilograms to
.;xo of my confidential agents. My in
structions to them were to employ them
selves Immediately in discovering where
Ida White, the maid who had given evil
dence against her master at the trial, was
living, and having found it, not to lose
sight Of her for q single moment, but to
set strict watch upon her, and to take
note of her proceedings and movements,
however trivial they might be. These tel
egrans being dispatched returned to my
task.
Inc TWO sealed letters Whlcn Dr. Daiil-
court had received from Mrs. Rutland lay
before me. 1 took up the first, which !
knew to be in Eustace's handwriting. /
opened it. 1t was of similar nature to
the two I had already examined and in
terpreted. THERE'S no need here to repeat
the details of the process by means OF
which read this third communication,
copy or which also append:
. IL 8 2 T II A 2 n 13
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kho" am = me address